Employee looking at a catalogue: What's the difference between a guy and a man?
Perplexed boss: Is this a trick question?
Post Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: I still can't tell the difference
Employee looking at a catalogue: What's the difference between a guy and a man?
Perplexed boss: Is this a trick question?
Post Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: I still can't tell the difference
Help desk: Thank you for calling, this is SUU, how can I help you?
Ditzy caller: Yeah…hi, I'm having problems with your website. Whenever I enter my employment in this field it kicks back a scary warning and says invalid characters.
Help desk: Okay, we're having a bit of a glitch with that, so just go ahead and remove all of the punctuation, then it should go through no problem.
Ditzy caller: Punctuation? You mean like capital words?
Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ang
Admin assistant: Can you get us these things from Starbucks? (hands list to intern)
Intern: Yeah. (pauses, looks at list) This one says “no milk”…do you think that means fat free”?
Admin assistant: Uh…
W 45th
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Actually, it said 2 percent.
French intern: Um, excuse me? What is “slut”?
Coworker: Heh…I would run that by your supervisor.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Rachael
Male coworker to female coworker: I like your shirt.
Female coworker: Thanks. It's new.
Male coworker: The ruching makes your boobs look really perky.
(awkward pause)
Male coworker: I guess now would be a good time to tell you I'm gay.
Female worker: Yeah, you had me at “ruching”
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: It's pretty obvious
Coworker: Stephanie [the manager] isn't here, so we can say “taint” and “dirty sanchez” all we want!
Springfield, Ohio
Overheard by: Monika
Teen to Latina: How do you say 'thumb in your ass' in Spanish?
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Amo
Manager: How dare my BlackBerry not know how to spell “transvestite?” That's just rude.
Berkeley Heights
New Jersey
Enrollment counselor on phone with student: The first letter is I, like “eyeball.”
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: Literate Listener
